Historic Newspapers: Search Results

TELEVISION TIMES from the Sunday edition of the Los Angeles Times, Aug. 31, 1986 

* "The Oprah Winfrey Show" promotional ad (premiere)

This insert acts like a TV Guide for the following week in the… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 31, 1947

* Manolete gored & killed - bullfighter
* Manual Laureano Rodriguez Sanchez
* Miura bull Islero - bullfighting
* Funeral & burial 

Page 12 has a one column heading: "Ma… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 31, 1926 

* Silent film star Rudolph Valentino 
* Latin Lover - "The Sheik" funeral 
* Pola Negri fainting over coffin 

The top of the front page has a one column heading:… more

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, August 31, 1939 

* World War II about to start (eve) 
* Adolf Hitler defying the World 
* Poland attacked the next day 

The top of the front page has a banner headline: "LONDON… more

CALENDAR section only of the Los Angeles Times, Aug. 31, 2001

* Best original "Jeepers Creepers" advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
* Horror film - Justin Long - Gina Philips 

A… more

THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Kansas, August 31, 1945

* United States Marines land on Japan
* General Douglas MacArthur takes control
* World War II American Occupation begins

The top of the front page has… more

NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 31, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "IMPORTANT REBEL NEWS" "An Attack Upon the Rebel Rifle Pits on Wednesday" "The Shelling of Charleston"… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 31, 1967

* The Doors - Jim Morrison counterculture rock band
* Village Theater performance advertisement
* Peter Max - American… more

THE POLYNESIAN, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, Aug. 31, 1844 

* Very rare 19th century Hawaiian publication

One of the earliest newspapers we have offered from Hawaii, and fourteen years… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 31, 1972

* Early Jackson Browne night club performance ad
* American rock musician, singer & songwriter

Page 43 under "cafes,… more

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Aug. 31, 1858  Page 3 has: "From Utah" which reports on the elections there. Also: "...Repudiation of the Mormon currency--the notes of the 'Deseret… more

NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 31, 1865  

* Andersonville Prison - Camp Sumter
* Captain Henry Wirz trial - Georgia

The front page has much on the trial of Captain Wirz. Wirz was a Confederate Army officer… more

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, August 31, 1929 

* Post Hebron Massacre - murders
* Palestine riots - Arabs vs. Jews
* Western Wailing Wall - Buraq  uprising
* Jerusalem, Israel - Safed massacre

… more

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Aug. 31, 1889  The full front page is a nice print: "At Lake George Landing--Saluting the Passengers".
But likely the most significant print is a great full… more

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Aug. 31, 1682  The front page has a passing Judaica mention in a report from Venice concerning finances. It notes in part: "...That this business has not cost above… more

THE HERALD; A GAZETTE FOR THE COUNTRY, New York, Aug. 31, 1796  

* Hugh Pigot (Royal Navy officer)

The front page has an interesting article by the notorious Captain Hugh Pigot of the British… more

THE BETHLEHEM TIMES, Pennsylvania, Aug. 31, 1900  The top of page 3 has column heads: "BANDITS GOT $100,000" "Thrilling Hold Up of Union Pacific Express Train" "Money Belonged to Uncle Sam" "it Was… more

DAILY EVENING POST, San Francisco, California, Aug. 31, 1878

* Old West publication

 A typical newspaper of the day from this famous city.
Complete in 8 pages, never bound nor trimmed so it… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 31, 1937

* Joe Louis (Brown Bomber)
* Heavyweight boxing title fight
* Tommy Farr - British boxer

The front page has a six column headline: "Louis Wins, but… more

RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Aug. 31, 1864  

* Rare rebel publication

A newspaper from the capital of the Confederacy. Among the reports are: "The War News" "Enlistment of Slaves In Kentucky"… more

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Aug. 31, 1796  The front page begins with a nice document from the Secretary of the Treasury, Oliver Wolcott, concerning the sale of: "Lands of the United States" which… more

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug.  31, 1864  Among the front page column heads are: "Chicago" "The Democratic National Convention" "Gov. Seymour Chosen Permanent Chairman" "His Address On Assuming The Position"… more

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, August 31, 1861 

* The Surrey eleven cricket team portrait
* Battle of Bull Run - Manassas (in America)

Inside has: "The Surrey Eleven" with a full page… more

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 31, 1869

* Streets of New York City
* Pavement - road surface

The top of page 5 has one column headings that include: "STREETS OF NEW YORK" "Present Condition of the… more

THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 31, 1864 

* Rare pro-Confederate title
* Abraham Lincoln document

Among the articles within: "Sentence of Surgeon-General Hammond" has a lengthy document… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 31, 1933

* Theodor Lessing assassination
* German Jewish philosopher 
* Self-hating Jew - antisemitic

Near the bottom of the front page has a two column heading:… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 31, 1938

* Max Factor Sr. death
* Cosmetics - make-up founder

The top of page 15 has a one column heading: "MAX FACTOR DEAD; EXPERT IN MAKEUP" with subheads and… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, NY, Aug. 31, 1997 (3 sections)  The headline reads: "Diana Killed in a Car Accident in Paris," with subhead: "In Flight From Paparazzi - Friend Dies," with an accompanying photo.… more

THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Phoenix, Aug. 31, 1997  The headline reads: "Princess Diana Killed" with subhead: "Chased by paparazzi, she and friend die in crash." with small photos of her, Dodi Fayed, and… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, August 31, 2007

* Best "Halloween" (2007) film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere
* Rob Zombie's slasher horror

A terrific issue on the premiere of the… more

THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Phoenix, August 31, 1997 (1st section) The bold headline reads: "World Mourns Diana", with subhead: "Did paparazzi chase princess to her death?", with multiple related photos… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 31, 1928

* Mary Garrett Hay death (1st report)
* Temperance worker & suffragist leader

The top of page has a one column heading: "MARY GARRETT HAY DIES SUDDENLY"… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 31, 1935

* Al 'Scarface' Capone and crime syndicate
* Taxes on barrels of beer bootlegged

The front page has a one column heading: "$120,000 TAX LEVIED ON CAPONE… more

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Aug. 31, 1878 

* Outlaw Bill Hildebrand
* Southeast Missouri Bushwhacker
* Inventor Thomas Edison

The top of page 3 has heads including: "BRED IN THE BONE" "Bill… more

NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 31, 1863  Among the many ftpg. one column heads on the Civil War are: "IMPORTANT REBEL NEWS" "An Attack Upon the Rebel Rifle Pits on Wednesday" "The Shelling of Charleston"… more

THE SUN, New York, Aug. 31, 1900  The top of the front page has: "WIN FOR CORBETT" "Ex-Champion Fighter Defeats McCoy Decisively Inside Five Routes" "Big Crowd At the Ringside" & more.
Ten pages,… more

THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, West Virginia, August 31, 1886

* 1st time city lighted up w/ gas

The front page has one column headings: "HEAVEN AFLAME" "For the First time in Wheeling's Long… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 31, 1940

* J. J. Thomson death
* Electrons - atoms

Page 13 has one column headlines: "SIR J. J. THOMSON, 83, PHYSICIST, IS DEAD",  "His Research on Nature of the… more

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, August 31, 1922 

* Babe Ruth thrown out of game
* New York Yankees - Yanks

This 18 page newspaper a five column headline on page 10: "Yankees Take Close Contest From… more

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, August 31, 1945

* U.S. occupation of Japan begins
* General Douglas MacArthur
* USS Missouri (Big Mo) in Tokyo Bay

This 20 page newspaper… more

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, August 31, 1954  This 8 page newspaper has nice six column headline on the front page: "HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH WINDS IN CITY WHILE STORM STRIKES… more

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, August 31, 1922

* Argonaut gold mine fire disaster
* Jackson, California

This 12 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page:
"FIRE IN GOLD… more

NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 31, 1867  The frontpage of this issue contains a small article announcing "The McCool and Jones Prize Fight". "It is understood that the fight between Mike McCool… more

THE WORLD, New York City, August 31, 1925

* Babe Ruth suspended and fined
* New York Yankees
* MLB baseball

This 24 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 7: "Ruth Accuses Huggins… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 31, 1932

* Hermann Goering elected president of the new Reichstag
* Early Hitler and Nazis before total power

This 36 page newspaper has one column… more

LIBERTY magazine, New York, dated August 31, 1940.

The color cover of this issue has an illustration of a couple doing scene in a play rehearsal. (see photo).

Within this issue is an article

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWS dated August 31, 1861 (print only)

This is a single-page print. The print contains two engravings entitled "Practising with the Celebrated Sawyer Gun, on the… more

NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 31, 1865.

* Andersonville Prison Camp

Front page heads include: "TRIAL OF CAPT. WIRZ", "Some Discussion About Handcuffing the Prisoner", "The Tendency of Evidence the Same… more